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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES MGINTIRE, OF NEWARK, NEWJERSEY.

BRACELET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,187, dated June 6, 1882.

Application ledJanuary 28,1882. (No model.)

of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bracelets, Rings, and Ear- Rings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates toan improvement in joint-bracelets, &c., in which the opening is by a lateral movement of the closing ends of the sections; audit consists in the devices substantially as hereinafter set forth.

, Figure 1 is a plan or side view, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a view from the inside of the bracelet, showing a stop arrangement in the joint. Fig. Bis a detailed view. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the joint ends of the bracelet detached.

In my construction I make a spring, A, the

ends of which to extend through about half the length of each section of the bracelet, usually of twisted steel wires, being itself set on a twist, which, when putin the joint portion of a bracelet, forces the two closing ends of the sections B C together laterally, when they will ordinarily lap onto eachother side by side, as at L. rIo secure the joint the section B has near the joint end aixed collar, D, and in the end a notch, E, taking out a quarter (more or less) of the end. The section C is provided with anY inner tube, F, made to enter and turnloose in the end of section B, and a stop projection, Gr, on one side of the tube, made to enter the notch E for the purpose of regulating the distance the bracelet may be opened. The notch and stop are so arranged that when the stop strikes one side of the notch it will leave the closing ends of the bracelet just at the point f contact or of closing against each other, and the other side of the notch will engage the stop when the bracelet is opened as far as required for putting on or taking offusually about one-quarter open; or, instead of the ends of the bracelet lapping onto'the side of each other in closing, the one side of the notch E may be so arranged that it will engage the stop just at the point when the two ends will be on the same line, the ends bein gornamented and made to just meet each other-too short to lap. j

When the spring is in place and the joint ends together, the stop resting in the notch, a slide, H, is put over the joint and soldered or brazed to the collar D. The opposite end ofthe sli-le is provided with an inner ilange, I, made to catch against a xed collar, K, on the end of section C and this connection holds the joint ends together, making a swivel-joint, the sections being left toswing laterally in opening and closing the bracelet. This spring is not necessarily of wires twisted together, for a single steel wire having in it the requisite twist will perform the same service set forth, making a bracelet entirely free from a liability to work open and be lost from the wrist of the wearer.

I have described bracelets only; but my invention has equal adaptation to rings and earrings embraced in this application.

I claim- 1. In a bracelet, the combination of the section B, provided with the fixed collar D, and the section G, provided with the tube F and collar K, the spring A, and the slide H, having the ill-ange I, adapted to slip onto the section G, so that the iin-nge I shall engage the collar K, and the opposite end of said sleeve or slide be soldered fast to the collar K, all substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of the section B, having the collar D and notch E, the section (l, carrying the collar K and tube F, said tube supporting the stop projection Gr, the slide H, with its flange I, and the spring A, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES MCINTIRE.

Witnesses:

HORACE HARRIS, T. W. MoRRIsON. 

